tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-199605672014-10-21T18:36:01.217-06:00TVShowsOnDVD.com BlogRamblings about TV shows on DVD, and whatever else.Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-14598653854940904252007-10-03T19:45:00.001-06:002007-10-03T19:52:26.304-06:00"Say Goodnight, Gracie"This is probably the very last entry at this blog. It's over. Done. Finished.Since TV Guide bought TVShowsOnDVD last February, the plan was always to eventually move the blogs over to TVGuide.com at some point. Gord's been posting over there for a while now, in his "Commentary Track" blog. Now I've officially moved over there starting tonight, with my new blog "DVD Guy". It wasn't my first David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-70759093989036936892007-10-01T15:43:00.000-06:002007-10-01T16:32:12.753-06:00A TV-on-DVD Guy's Thoughts on the New Fall Season So FarSo, we've had a full week of the new fall season and the various series and season premieres. I am not a "TV critic" as far as this stuff is concerned; I watch them on the tube the same way as anyone else does. Or catch them online at the network websites, or whatever. So I haven't seen every show, and I'm not here to get judged on my choices of what I did or didn't watch. Just, as a "regularDavid Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-65578092653580060842007-09-27T13:57:00.000-06:002007-09-27T14:17:09.559-06:00Get your K.I.T.T. together; NBC goes a Ridin' to-Knight!Do my eyes deceive me, or did our friends over at sister site TVGuide.com just post word that NBC is re-inventing classic show Knight Rider as a new telefilm that might lead to another series?And tossing in a Transformers angle to boot? Err....I see that Doug Liman is attached to direct. He directed the Mr. and Mrs. Smith film, along with Bourne Identity. He was a Producer on all three Bourne David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-60898410009905439372007-09-26T21:09:00.000-06:002007-09-26T21:35:18.398-06:00Life Lessons about TechnologyI just got through watching the first episode of NBC's new series, Life, a little while ago. If you missed it, I recommend it...I enjoyed it a lot. It's about a former cop, Charlie Crews, who went to prison for over a decade, was exonerated for the crime and let go, then got a ton of money (some say millions) as a settlement for the false imprisonment. Along the way, his wife divorced him and David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-42780109655976555082007-09-24T05:09:00.000-06:002007-09-24T05:24:01.872-06:00Bars on the e-Mail Windows?I'm seeing this more and more lately, where we get a reader e-mail that really calls for a response, and we give a nice, detailed response, and then we hit the send button, and a couple of minutes later we get this auto-reply:I apologize for this automatic reply to your email. To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have approved beforehand. If you would like to beDavid Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-64409844625146957102007-09-23T14:36:00.001-06:002007-09-23T14:43:52.009-06:00Too Funny! Fans of the original Battlestar Galactica will get a kick out of this!This was posted over at the Home Theater Forum by Tom Tagliente, and is just so friggin' hilarious that I had to share! It seems to be a QUITE imaginative ad for the original Battlestar Galactica's new (re-)run on Canada's Space cable channel. Enjoy!David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-26318726555145418682007-09-06T19:41:00.001-06:002007-09-06T22:00:31.185-06:00Not ANOTHER Hi-Def Format! Does It Have A Chance?CEDIA is the "Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association", and this week (Sept. 5-9) they're holding their annual Expo in Denver. There's a lot of hi-def media talk going on there since it started yesterday, with each side claiming better hardware sales than the other, depending on what point of view they use. We've been deep in the middle of a hi-def home video format war for over a David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-44309544790991809482007-08-24T09:09:00.000-06:002007-08-24T09:21:06.440-06:00I Quit!For those of you who don't know, I quit recently. Resigned. Oh, not from TVShowsOnDVD.com. In fact, I quit my old job, in order TO move to TSoD on a full-time basis! Yes, now I'm all yours, all day long. Won't that be fun?I HAD been working full time as a Business Systems Analyst and Developer at the Memphis, TN location of a global technology-based firm. I had been there for close to 11 David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-11451542237358910562007-07-04T08:54:00.000-06:002007-07-05T04:19:30.722-06:00Save Your Pennies...You'll Need 'Em This September!Every Fall sees the biggest number of DVD releases in general, but it's especially bad for TV-on-DVD releases. Not only is the the "back to school"-ish time of year, when foot traffic in stores is still high while folks get school supplies (even though school starts in August in many places, including where I live). Not only is it the run-up to the holiday season, where studios want to start David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-11973501526426606372007-05-27T15:49:00.000-06:002007-05-27T19:19:50.040-06:00The "TV on Hi-Def Disc" Race Finally Heats Up!Where is "TV on Hi-Def Disc" at the moment? Well, today's news about Battlestar Galactica - Season 1 being rumored (so it's NOT official yet!) for HD-DVD release on 9/18 means that the number of TV-on-HD-DVD releases and TV-on-Blu-ray-Disc releases are pulling even, at 10 each, and each format has 3 releases unique to it. Here's the current list, including release dates:Blu-ray Disc12/19/2006: David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-66235488008011198872007-03-20T16:14:00.000-06:002007-03-20T16:21:53.043-06:00PremonitionI wanted to let everyone know that "Premonition" is a very, very, very horrible movie! I saw the previews and thought it looked okay, and my girlfriend showed interest in seeing it, so we went on Sunday afternoon. Wow, what a waste of time and money. It wasn't that this was a bad movie, it was the worst movie I've seen in the past few years, and I've seen many bad movies.Here's the concept of theGord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1168271063274988182007-01-08T08:42:00.000-07:002007-01-08T08:44:23.313-07:00This is a first!I've been running the site for over 5 years now, and in that time I've received a LOT of email. I thought I'd seen it all, until this request came in today:***** *** has sent the following email:I am interested in obtaining a copy of the lottery drawing for November 8, 2006. Please adviseThanksYeah....wow....I guess I should add "Lottery Drawings" to the site as a show. Think she'd want a "Best Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1167795881952418032007-01-02T20:34:00.000-07:002007-01-02T20:45:09.953-07:00We're so @&#$ offensive!Some days I wake up and I think "How can I piss people off by posting news to the website" - and it looks like I succeeded thanks to Jim's angry email below:Jim has sent the following email:"Kwanzaa" is not a legitimate holiday--was in fact postulated in the 1960s by a militant Negro convict who was incarcerated for assault and kidnapping. To even mention it, as you do on your website in Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1166669948018583562006-12-20T19:44:00.000-07:002006-12-20T19:59:08.063-07:00I'm outta hair!Yep, I shaved my head. Yes, that photo above is PhotoShopped, but only to add the background and circular effect. In other words, to spice it up with an interesting background (taken from my Bahamas cruise this past Summer). So I *really* have no hair on my head! Here is a "before" shot for you to compare to:Some folks who are familiar with Ronald Epstein, co-owner of the great Home Theater David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1163938106999748532006-11-19T05:06:00.000-07:002006-11-19T05:08:27.026-07:00I'm outta here!I'm heading to Mexico for a week in the sun - I'll be back on the 26th. My girlfriend's coworker is getting married, so we're heading down for the wedding, some sightseeing, and whatever else there is to do. If I get a chance I may post an update on the blog, but I'm going to be staying away from the computer for most of the trip.See you guys (and a TON of email) when I get back - I'll take Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1162403349639508032006-11-01T10:46:00.000-07:002006-11-02T19:15:52.560-07:00It's our birthday - help celebrate!We just turned 5 today, and we're asking you guys to come to the (virtual) party. Later today we'd like you to put your favorite (or one of your favorite) TV-DVD sets in your player and watch an episode or two. When you're done come to this thread and create a post letting others know what you watched.Hmmm....now I have to pick a set to watch....GordUpdate: I decided it was easier for me to post Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com126tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1159587037370215042006-09-29T19:22:00.000-06:002006-09-29T21:30:37.506-06:00D&D: Really Cool Packaging!Look at this package. It's a thing of beauty:On December 5th, BCI is releasing Dungeons & Dragons: The Complete Series, the classic 1983 animated series based on the legendary adventures-by-the-roll-of-the-dice game. If you played this game yourself in the '80s, then you will easily recognize the design and layout of the DVD packaging above as being based on the design of the adventure modules David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1158688817376360922006-09-19T11:56:00.000-06:002006-09-19T12:00:17.433-06:00Best Series Finale?Alright, this may be a bit tricky, but I want to know what your favorite series finale is WITHOUT including any spoilers.My favorite series finale right now would be "Six Feet Under." It was a great combination of wrapping the series up and awesome music. I went out and bought the Sia CD because I wanted to own "Breathe Me," the song used in the final few minutes.So, what's your favorite series Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com96tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1158233392378070142006-09-14T04:56:00.000-06:002006-09-14T05:29:52.523-06:00Where the Hell is Dave?Some of our regular readers may have noticed that Gordo's been posting most of the news lately, and wondering just where in the heck I am. Well, I'm here, and I'm not sick or anything. Just busy.You see, TVShowsOnDVD isn't my full-time job. I help out Gord as much as possible, but my first priority of course has to be earning a paycheck for me and my family, and I've got a full-time job as a David Lamberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316683598444088noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1157846428621580082006-09-09T17:56:00.000-06:002006-09-09T18:00:28.623-06:00Obsessed with GeotaggingFlickr recently introduced geotagging to their website, and I'm hooked! It's so easy to drag a photo to the little map, and the **POP** there is it! I don't have very many photos uploaded to Flickr, but I've become obsessed with tagging the ones on there. I took some photos of graffiti in downtown Edmonton; that's on the map. I snapped photos when I was in Hawaii last summer; they're on the map Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1156018263189460642006-08-19T14:09:00.000-06:002006-08-19T14:37:53.643-06:00Second Life?So, has anyone here tried "Second Life"? It's massive world where people hang out, do things, own land, buy stuff....it's crazy. I just signed up the other day (for FREE), and I'm exploring the place. I can't believe some of the stuff I've seen in there.Try it out - http://www.secondlife.com - and look for me as "Krolik Taka" on there.GordGord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1155698607005865272006-08-15T21:20:00.000-06:002006-08-15T21:23:27.046-06:00Repair a scratched DVD?Has anyone repaired a scratched DVD? I have one here that I'd like to fix, and I'm looking for the names of some products to try.So, hit me with some products you've tried and know work well.GordGord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1154286812437072802006-07-30T12:58:00.000-06:002006-07-30T13:13:32.463-06:00A&E is Evil!I'm a fan of "Flip This House" an A&E show featuring Trademark Properties buying houses, fixing them up, then selling them for a profit. It's a great show, and you're really missing out if you haven't seen it. Wait....I meant I WAS a fan of the show. Season 2 premiered last Sunday, but Trademark Properties isn't part of the new season, and isn't part of the show at all. I noticed Richard C Davis,Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1153546273559657502006-07-21T23:26:00.000-06:002006-07-21T23:31:13.616-06:00HeroesThis is going to be the hot show of the fall season. "Heroes" is a story about a bunch of normal people that discover they have "powers." No, they don't run around in costumes and fight crime. you'll want to find out more about this show, so I know you'll click over to 9thWonders.com - the official unofficial website run by our buddy Craig (he also runs KryptonSite.com).I went to the Comic Con Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960567.post-1153383303667410162006-07-20T01:43:00.000-06:002006-07-20T09:15:34.083-06:00IneptI had the pleasure of running into some of the most inept people today. Yes, this is a rant.My day was shit, right from the start. I sat down in my seat and my eyes started to itch, and I started sneezing. This was odd because that only happened when I was around cats. A few minutes later I heard a long, low growl which sounded like a pissed off cat. I've seen dogs on airplanes, but never a cat. Gord Laceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03271526013668801054noreply@blogger.com5